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Title

Japanese Beauty in a Red Maple Leaf Robe

Artist

Yamaguchi Soken (Sojun)

Physical Description

This image is of a lone female figure centrally located on the scroll. The dominate color of the image is red. The figure's outer kimono is decorated with red and gold maple leaves.

Artist Life Dates

1759-1818

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

early 19th century

Accession Number

1985/2.7

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink and color on silk

relevance

rank 13.97941

Primary Keywords

beauty

courtesans

hanging scrolls

japan (nation)

kimonos

maple trees

robes

ukiyo-e

women

Title

Mountain Valley in Autumn

Artist

Noro Kaiseki

Artist Life Dates

1747-1828

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1825

Accession Number

1972/2.380

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink and light color on silk

relevance

rank 13.97941

Primary Keywords

autumn

bridges

calligraphy

hanging scrolls

huts

japan

mountains

rocks

trees

valleys

water

Title

Hotei

Artist

Ogata Kôrin

Physical Description

The shape of the circle repeats four times in this painting. It appears in the plump body of Hotei, his head, his large white sack, and the overall shape of the fan.

Artist Life Dates

(Kyoto, 1658 - 1716)

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1700-1716

Accession Number

1965/1.157

Medium and Support

ink and light color on paper

relevance

rank 13.70247

Primary Keywords

circles (plane figures)

deity

fans (costume accessories)

hanging scrolls

mythology (literary genre)

zen buddhism

Title

Portrait of a Warrior (Minamoto no Yoritomo)

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

17th century

Accession Number

1955/1.266

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink and color on silk

relevance

rank 13.70247

Primary Keywords

dragon

figures

full-length

hanging scrolls

hats

interiors

japan

males

seated

sword

table

warriors

Title

Tao Yüan-ming

Artist

Nakabayashi Chikkei

Physical Description

In the lower third of the hanging scroll are three figures. Tao Yuanming is the larger figure on the right with his two attendants on the left. They are divided by a table. In the background is a screen which separates the figures from the landscape.

Artist Life Dates

1816-1867

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1840 - 1867

Accession Number

1982/1.197

Medium and Support

ink and color on silk

relevance

rank 13.43629

Primary Keywords

bamboo

chairs

children (people by age group)

figures (illustrations)

gardens

hanging scrolls

japan (nation)

portraits

rock

rocks

Title

Plum Blossoms in Snow

Artist

Chang Ku-nien, Chen Shu-chen

Physical Description

In this snowy scene a plum tree and rock seem are seen atop a hill. The elegant, contorted trunk and branches of the tree create a visual arch over the image, framing the rock, snow, and block of calligraphic text below.

Artist Life Dates

1906-1987

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

last quarter of 20th century

Accession Number

2006/1.129

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink and light color on paper

relevance

rank 13.39678

Primary Keywords

hanging scrolls

ink

plumb blossoms

plumb trees

snow

Title

Bamboo and Rock

Artist

Chang Ku-nien, Liu Yantao, Gao Yihong

Physical Description

A rock rises above the earth, and branches of bamboo mimic the gentle curve of its shape. Grasses grow below. Two lines of calligraphic text are written verticalley on the left side of the painting.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1960-1975

Accession Number

2006/1.134

Medium and Support

ink on paper

relevance

rank 13.39678

Primary Keywords

bamboo

hanging scrolls

ink

literati

literati (painters)

rock

Title

Zen eccentric contemplating a fish

Artist

Kanô Tsunenobu

Physical Description

A shabbily dressed figure holds out at arm’s length a small fish. He is completely focused on his catch, and his mouth almost seems to drool. The face, hands, and feet are sketched in a deliberately simplistic way, while the costume is drawn with only a few swift slashes of the brush, and the strokes bleed into each other.

Artist Life Dates

(active 1636 - 1713)

Century

17th-18th century

Object Creation Date

mid 17th century - early 18th century

Accession Number

1962/1.105

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink on paper

relevance

rank 13.34057

Primary Keywords

fish

hanging scrolls

ink

zen

zen buddhism

Title

Brewing Tea under Pines by a Stream

Artist

Zhou Chen (Chou Ch'en)

Physical Description

Vertically oriented. Ink on silk with silk edging. Three figures at a stream in a wooded area.

Artist Life Dates

active 1515-1535

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

mid 16th century - late 16th century

Accession Number

1963/2.3

Medium and Support

ink and color on paper

relevance

rank 13.21602

Primary Keywords

figures (illustrations)

hanging scrolls

hills

landscapes (environments)

painting

pine trees

streams

teapots

trees

Title

Mountain Hut among Pines

Artist

Ôhara Tonshû (Donshû)

Physical Description

Primarily black and grey ink painting. Signature stamp in the lower right side of the image. Background contains mountains and a river runs from them down to the base of the image. A small hut or structure is shown next to the cliff and some trees on the left side. A figure of a person stands near the river at the base of the image.

Artist Life Dates

died 1857

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1831-1844

Accession Number

1985/2.27

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink and color on silk

relevance

rank 13.05606

Primary Keywords

bridges

figures

figures in landscape

gates

hanging scrolls

house

japan

landscapes

mountains

pines

rocks

streams

trees

Title

Travelers on a Mountain Pass

Artist

Wu Wei

Physical Description

This large hanging scroll depicts a man on a donkey traveling along a mountain pass, accompanied by two other men and surrounded by huge overhanging craggy cliffs on both the left and right sides in the background with several overlapping vertical layers.

Artist Life Dates

1459-1508

Century

15th-16th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1490-1508

Accession Number

1981/1.312

Medium and Support

Hanging Scroll, ink and light color on silk

relevance

rank 12.78573

Primary Keywords

cliffs

donkey

donkeys

figures in landscape

hanging scrolls

landscapes

mountain passes

passes

rocks

servants

traveler

travellers

trees

voyagers

waterfalls

Title

"Snow": calligraphy scroll

Artist

Muan Xingtao (aka (J. Ôbaku Mokuan))

Physical Description

The large character for snow in block script is juxtaposed with lines of smaller characters in running script. The large character is drawn with unhurried, thick, even strokes in dense, unbroken black ink with blunt contours, while the smaller characters are brushed rapidly, with strokes of varying thickness, a pronounced diagonal tilt, and sharp edges.

Artist Life Dates

1611-1684

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1655-1675

Accession Number

1986/1.205

Medium and Support

ink on paper

relevance

rank 12.08866

Primary Keywords

buddhism

calligraphy

hanging scrolls

snow

zen

zen buddhism